8″ x 5″, pencil, watercolour, pen & ink
I bought this lovely paintbrush from Pearl Paint on Canal Street in New York City. It features soft and strong squirrel hair and is hand tied and finished with wire.
Gary and I had gone there in October of 2010 during our Canadian Thanksgiving weekend / U.S. Columbus Day weekend for a long overdue vacation.
brush pen & pencil crayon
This is my Pentel Pocket Brush GFKP. It’s one of the best pens I’ve ever used for sketching. The tip is very fine and flexible and the ink is permanent and fade resistant. It saves me from having to set up my pens, brushes and bottle of ink each time I feel like doing a quick sketch. I’ve made it look a little bit stumpy, but it was a quick sketch.
LAMY fountain pen & watercolour
This is my newly acquired LAMY Safari Fountain pen. I can get a medium to fine line using the pen depending on how I hold the pen.
They were out of Noodler’s Polar Black Bulletproof Eel Fountain Pen Ink at the shop, so I filled the converter with the waterproof/fade proof ink that I had on hand. I have to give it a few test runs on scrap paper if I’ve left the pen sitting for a while, but it seems fine otherwise. The Noodlers ink would have been smooth flowing.
9.5″ x 5″, brush pen, watercolour and gauche
This vase was a gift from my friend Todd. The vase was made in England and I think it may date from the 30s. Currently it holds my two ink pens and a cell phone bell charm, which was a gift from our friend Alex when he was in L.A. The body of the vase is a bit wonky because I’m still getting used to rendering with a brush pen. It makes my husband nervous when I use my ink pens with bottled ink – I had one small spillage accident a while ago.
pen (leaky) & watercolour
This was the leaky culprit responsible for ruining one of my sketches. For some reason the pressurized ink cartridge makes the ink blob out from the end of the pen. I use this pen very carefully and with an old rag held in the other hand to catch the said blobs of ink.